Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
America the Beautiful
Text by Katharine L. Bates, 1859 - 1929
Music: MATERNA; Samuel A. Ward, 1848 - 1903
Official Music Sheet: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/118 p=90246
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
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For amber waves of grain,
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For purple mountain majesties
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Above the fruited plain!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee,
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And crown thy good with brotherhood,
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from sea to shining sea!
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
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Whose stern, impassioned stress
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Across the wilderness!
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America! America!
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God mend thine every flaw,
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Confirm thy soul in self-control,
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Thy liberty in law!
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O beautiful for heroes proved
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In liberating strife,
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Who more than self their country loved,
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and mercy more than life!
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America! America!
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May God thy gold refine,
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Till all success be nobleness,
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and every gain divine!
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O beautiful for patriot dream
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That sees beyond the years
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Thine alabaster cities gleam,
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undimmed by human tears!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee,
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea!